Gallery openings in St. Louis

A modest attempt to list gallery openings in the visual arts in St. Louis

(Searching by date is probably the best way to find all events for a particular day)

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Bonsack Galery: Friday, 8 January 2016

Adrian
Cox: Shaping the Garden

The
Scenic Painters 48" x 60" oil on canvas

EXHIBIT

OPENING RECEPTION

Jan
8 thru Feb 10, 2016

Friday, Jan 8, 2016

5:30 to 7:30 pm

ABOUT THE EXHIBIT

In his exhibition Shaping the Garden,
Adrian Cox presents a selection of recent work that centers around a cast
of monstrous figures named the Border Creatures. The hybrid anatomy of
these characters, with their implied role as caretakers of the land,
suggests a symbiotic connection to their environment. As the relationship
among these strange protagonists and their lush landscape home unfolds,
the artist questions the distinct categories of the Beautiful, the Ugly,
and the Natural.

Interpretations: 15th Biennial Teapot Exhibition celebrates contemporary variations on a classic theme—the teapot. For centuries the teapot form has been influenced by cultures around the world as the focal point for ceremonial and social gatherings. A steaming pot of tea is a welcome invitation to conversation and companionship. Interpretations explores the universal ritual of tea, demonstrating a high level of innovation in all craft mediums that converge around the teapot.

One of the most anticipated exhibitions of the year, The Biennial Teapot Exhibition will feature over 50 teapots from nationally and locally recognized artists. The exhibition will highlight relationships between functionality and ornamentation, while examining the playful and imaginative ways crafted objects tell a story.

Foundry Art Centre: Friday, 11 December 2015

The Foundry Art Centre will host an Opening
Reception and Juror’s Gallery Talk for the opening of their newest exhibition, Context,.Friday, December 11, 2015from 6:00
until 8:00 pm in the Foundry Art Centre’s Grand Hall. Buzz Spector will give a
Juror’s Talk in the Main Galleries from 5:30 until 6:00 pm. The reception is
free and open to the public, and complimentary refreshments will be served. The Foundry Art Centre artists will also be in studio during the reception.

The power of words cannot be overstated. When these words are
written and recorded, they carry even more weight. What then, can be the effect
of combining written language with visual language? This exhibition asked the
artist - What happens at the intersection of the visual arts and the literal
arts? The combination of these expressions is utilized in the work of these
artists by focusing on text, whether it is used boldly, subtly, texturally,
literally, or just as inspiration.

Context
includes artwork in all media, and showcases the work of over 50 artists from
across the US and Canada.

Hours are Tuesday through Thursday 10
am to 8 pm, Friday and Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, and Sunday noon to 4 pm.
Admission is free, and donations are welcome.

and in the Small Wall GalleryAutumn in Tower Grove Park

curated by Hillary Levins and Melissa Tucker

Tuesday, December 01, 2015

Reese Gallery: Saturday, 9 January 2016

DECALCOMANIA: Clay and the Splendid Surface

Curator's Talk with Dan Anderson

Reese Gallery
will be hosting a Curator's talk and closing Saturday afternoon, January 9th,
2016. Dan Anderson will bring insight to his work as well as the other
artists of our current exhibition DECALCOMANIA: Clay and the Splendid Surface.
Dan Anderson is a professor emeritus of SIUE and has over 32 years of
experience creating, teaching and exhibiting.

Please join us for cheese
and fruit at this event which is free and open to the pubic. In
Decalcomania, artists explore the fired-on decal in all its
potential and render surfaces that are simply splendid.